So, is that really Final Fantasy daddy Hironobu Sakaguchi? Maybe. The game doesn't really come right out and say it, but it sure looks like him, minus the fancy head hair. The facial hair? Spot on. This could have been a tribute to the producer, or it could just be coincidence. Hell, if you look at it for a bit, it even looks like Lau Chan from Virtua Fighter.
This shot, and all the others below, come from Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep, the newest in the series, set to release on the PSP in Japan in January. The screenshots look really good on the PSP, save for the ones with Peter Pan, who looks a bit downsy in the face.
What do you think, Kingdom Hearts fans? Looking forward to this one?
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Looking forward to it, but also kinda hoping this is where the saga ends, as I don't really see a point in this continuing if Disney isn't going to get more involved than they have.
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@ Dan CiTi
Yeah, good thing it's only a bunch of Square-created Kingdom Hearts characters. :P
Actually, if this occurs prior to KHI, then there's a good chance that Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden will be a world, which means there's also a good chance of Final Fantasy characters being there, since it's their alternate world.
I thought they made a point not to have Final Fantasy characters in this game.
This game looks good enough to be on a non-handheld console. I'm really looking forward to it.
I see what you mean about Peter Pan.
*sigh* The portable KHs are a bag o' twists, I tells ya.
Also: "Birth by Sleep", though I commend avoiding the colon.
What I meant was that even if they don't have Final Fantasy characters in the game (which is questionable if Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden is a world), the original Kingdom Hearts series characters are pretty Final Fantasy-esque to begin with.
/sarcasm
youtube.com/watch?v=50Z_BJ3JIN4
But the person whom you're referring to is actually Ven, who predates Sora, thus predating Roxas, and the trailer above suggests that it has something to do with KH's complicated Heartless/Nobody physics.